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  BEING COMPETITIVE

  BEING COMPETITIVE: This is how I'm being effected by the chaos caused by deregulated markets ... I've lost my job, my retirement and my health care. Let me tell you this ... if 'being competitive' means that our developed country is supposed to live on the pittance that workers in other countries get then we are just competing for the worst living conditions. If businesses do not offer workers good salary, good retirement ...more »

  BEING COMPETITIVE:

  This is how I'm being effected by the chaos caused by deregulated markets ...

  I've lost my job, my retirement and my health care.

  Let me tell you this ... if 'being competitive' means that our developed country is supposed to live on the pittance that workers in other countries get then we are just competing for the worst living conditions.

  If businesses do not offer workers good salary, good retirement and health care along with profit sharing (as they do for the CEOs and sharehold/bond holders) then we will turn to the Government and expect support from our Government.

  If we don't get the support from our government there is no doubt that in my children's generation there will be more civil unrest, more homeless people and more people living below the poverty line.

  Am I pissed off? Yes.

  We still haven't gotten a balance between business/workers and government.

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  Submitted by wintergreen 3 years ago

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  Aviation

  The Airlines industries used 9/11 to declare bankruptcy and used that time to reduce or eliminate: pensions, job permanence, training requirements and wages. This is making air travel more risky. A pilot pays as much for their training as a doctor and has the responsibility for the life of all their passangers. The Government must expect aviation to pay their pilots well and put into place more reasonable working conditions. ...more »

  The Airlines industries used 9/11 to declare bankruptcy and used that time to reduce or eliminate: pensions, job permanence, training requirements and wages. This is making air travel more risky.

  A pilot pays as much for their training as a doctor and has the responsibility for the life of all their passangers.

  The Government must expect aviation to pay their pilots well and put into place more reasonable working conditions.

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  Submitted by wintergreen 3 years ago

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  Health Care

  Most people do NOT understand that the 'cost' of health care is not that they are 'using' lots but that the providers are charging at 'what the market can tolerate'. People are made to feel guilty rather than realize that the 'cost' is what health care expects to receive. This has to change and be EXPLAINED! For example, I had an ultrasound on my knee done in the US ... $1,500! I had the same ultrasound done in New ...more »

  Most people do NOT understand that the 'cost' of health care is not that they are 'using' lots but that the providers are charging at 'what the market can tolerate'.

  People are made to feel guilty rather than realize that the 'cost' is what health care expects to receive. This has to change and be EXPLAINED!

  For example, I had an ultrasound on my knee done in the US ... $1,500! I had the same ultrasound done in New Zealand and it was free. But if I had chosen to pay it would have cost $150.

  The Government does dictate the 'cost'. This also causes problems and long waiting lists however, it keeps the cost of health care reasonable.

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  Submitted by wintergreen 3 years ago

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  Strategic Planning and Budgeting »

  Strategic Planning

  We must get out of the previous mentality that 'one size fits all' when it comes to sorting out strategic planning. For example, if we want to reduce vehicle emissions then it's not just about making new cars energy efficient or changing the fuel. We must look at what areas of the country is well suited for bikes and create the integrated system for that type of transportation. We must look at the connectivity between ...more »

  We must get out of the previous mentality that 'one size fits all' when it comes to sorting out strategic planning.

  For example, if we want to reduce vehicle emissions then it's not just about making new cars energy efficient or changing the fuel.

  We must look at what areas of the country is well suited for bikes and create the integrated system for that type of transportation. We must look at the connectivity between where people live and where they 'purchase'and all of this should be done on a local 'audited' level.

  In other words, we need to train people to look at lots of aspects of how we are living make local government decisions to make those changes.

  As another example, we must look at not just wind power but how we can use solar as well depending on the situation. We can't want everything to be controlled by 'big business' as we have done in the past.

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  Submitted by wintergreen 3 years ago

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  Training

  Business, government and employees can work together during these tough times. This idea has been promoted in Ireland where unemployment has reached 11%. The Government wants to cut benefits and people are outraged since they are NOT responsible for the crisis. This is the suggestion: 1) Have business maintain employees for 2 days/week ... pay them and they work. 2) Government covers 3 days/week while employees get ...more »

  Business, government and employees can work together during these tough times.

  This idea has been promoted in Ireland where unemployment has reached 11%. The Government wants to cut benefits and people are outraged since they are NOT responsible for the crisis.

  This is the suggestion:

  1) Have business maintain employees for 2 days/week ... pay them and they work.

  2) Government covers 3 days/week while employees get retrained.

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  Submitted by wintergreen 3 years ago

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  Public/Private partnership

  This term has been used to mean partnership funding, ownership and running of .... However, what is really important now is to change the meaning of that term. We now have to have business, government and employees working together. There has been too much emphasis on the 'business of business is business' and workers should receive less health and retirement benefits as well as loss of income and degraded working conditions ...more »

  This term has been used to mean partnership funding, ownership and running of ....

  However, what is really important now is to change the meaning of that term. We now have to have business, government and employees working together.

  There has been too much emphasis on the 'business of business is business' and workers should receive less health and retirement benefits as well as loss of income and degraded working conditions and shareholders should share in the profits.

  This will cause citizens to expect more from Government. If we want a balance between Government and private enterprise then both have to work together to create a positive climate for 'workers' who actually make businesses happen.

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